The spectre of a possible Cardiff City and Newport County clash has been raised by the seedings for the Capital One Cup.

The draw for the first round of the competition will take place in a week's time on Tuesday June 17 and the seedings were released earlier today.

They see 18 seeded teams and 18 non-seeded teams in the Southern section with the potential to be drawn against one another.

Cardiff, following relegation from the Premier League, are seeded while League Two Newport are unseeded meaning the pair could rekindle a rivalry that last saw them play in the FAW Premier Cup in 2008.

Newport won that clash on penalties at Ninian Park. Darcy Blake - who the Exiles are hoping to secure on a longer-term basis - played for Cardiff during that match.

The last time they met in English competition was April 1988 in the old Division 4 where Cardiff won 4-0.

Meanwhile it has also emerged that the Bluebirds will play Yeovil Town in a pre-season friendly at Huish Park on Sunday July 27.

The match will kick off at 3pm, with further details to be released by the club in due course.